Phantom

By: Jo Nesbø

Narrated by: Robin Sachs

Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Following from Jo Nesbø's electrifying international best sellers The Snowman and The Leopard, now comes Phantom, which plunges the brilliant, deeply troubled, now former police officer Harry Hole into a full-tilt investigation on which his own tenuous future will come to depend.

When Harry left Oslo again for Hong Kong - fleeing the traumas of life as a cop - he thought he was there for good. But then the unthinkable happened. The son of the woman he loved, lost, and still loves is arrested for murder: Oleg, the boy Harry helped raise but couldn't help deserting when he fled. Harry has come back to prove that Oleg is not a killer. Barred from rejoining the police force, he sets out on a solitary, increasingly dangerous investigation that takes him deep into the world of the most virulent drug to ever hit the streets of Oslo (and the careers of some of the city's highest officials), and into the maze of his own past, where he will find the wrenching truth that finally matters to Oleg, and to himself.

©2012 Jo Nesbø (P)2012 Random House Audio

Great syory

Couldn't stop listening, brilliant storyline, great characters. The narrator is perfect. Hooked on Harry Hole.

Very good

I really enjoyed this book. However the end to me seemed too long and a bit predictable.

Harry DON'T DO IT!

If you could sum up Phantom in three words, what would they be?

Continuation of the series on Hare Hole now back in the lives of his love and 'son'. He will risk all for those he loves and he shares the weaknesses of humanity. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful series

What did you like best about this story?

characters

What does Robin Sachs bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Awesome narrator

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Harry fights his demons and through luck or strength of character overcomes them.

The truth is the real phantom!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this to anyone who is a mystery/thriller lover. Harry Hole is one of the most engaging characters in modern crime fiction.

What did you like best about this story?

Except for the identity of the phantom the story kept me guessing the whole time.

A Bit Extreme

I love Jo Nesbo’s writing and the Harry Hole series. This book was a bit extreme and unrealistic. Harry gets his throat cut and face slashed and gets no medical treatment and it gets infected and he still manages to think and fight. It’s too stupid of him and he would have collapsed. Also, the final showdowns are getting unrealistic as well. I mean a little suspension of of reality is ok but too much and I’m like “oh, come on” and it takes me out of the story. Still worth a read/listen.

Harry does it again

Very interesting but Harry could have gotten a change of clothes and some medical care. Interested in what is going to happen next

Well Done Thriller

I have been hoarding this audio book in my stash because it is narrated by the late, great Robin Sachs. It was worth the wait to listen and was an excellent performance. Sachs is missed greatly.

This audiobook is a long listen, but there is always something interesting happening with Harry Hole, one of my favorite characters. Harry returns from Hong Kong to Oslo to investigate the murder of his former lover's son, Oleg. Fast paced, complex, but so satisfying. I have never gone wrong with a Jo Nesbo book.

My only complaint is that I am weary of drug dealers, addicts, sad stories that are a direct result of drugs. I would have never listened -- except that is was a Nesbo book and it was an excellent listen afterall.

the walking dead

What did you like best about Phantom? What did you like least?

Nesbo's attention to all characters, concise dialogue,

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

bleak but drugs are destroyers

Which character – as performed by Robin Sachs – was your favorite?

Hole of course

Was Phantom worth the listening time?

yes but for me not the best Harry Hole

Any additional comments?

the darkness of drugs -- the reality of an addiction's destructiveness permeates this entire book.

Perfect Nesbo

Like all Nesbo books, this is one where, if you think you know who did it and there is more than five minutes left in the book, you probably don't. I ended up staying up way too late both nights during the two days it took me to listen to this book. Another fabulous addition to the Harry Hole series.

Harry Hole's tortured psyche is wearing thin

Harry's back from Hong Kong. He's trying to help clear Oleg's name. He finds himself immersed in Oslo's illegal drug melieu. Harry is still a very screwed up (ex)cop.